The number of New Zealanders to have contracted measles continues to rise, but health officials are cautiously optimistic the trend-line will head south. As of Thursday, 1850 Kiwis had contracted the infectious, but preventable, disease this year. That number, which includes 1495 in Auckland alone, puts the 2019 outbreak in the same bracket as the… Read More »
Health officials are urgently trying to track down 200 people and give them the MMR jab amid fears of a measles outbreak in Essex Health officials said eight people are suspected to have measles They all attended a day service for learning difficulties in Southend-on-Sea The centre has closed for the rest of the week… Read More »
International-bound travellers under the age of 54 should be checking their measles vaccination history, a health official has warned amid another public alert for the highly contagious disease. NSW Health on Saturday issued an alert for people in Sydney International Airport in the early hours of August 17 after an unvaccinated man on a flight… Read More »
Maybe you’re getting bored by me banging on about the importance of childhood vaccinations, but I have to say I’ll continue until we’ve overcome the prejudice against them. Want to know how seriously the authorities in the US are taking the vaccination slowdown? Well, recently more than 100 university students and staff were quarantined in… Read More »
21 million children miss the first dose of measles vaccine every yearBSIP/UIG via Getty Images By New Scientist staff and Press Association The UK should consider introducing compulsory measles vaccinations before children start school, according to a team of researchers in Italy. Their analysis of international measles data suggests that current vaccination policies are not… Read More »